MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2021-3654

Nova vulnerability

CVSS
6.1
EPSS
26.8%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability was found in openstack-nova's console proxy, noVNC. By crafting a malicious URL, noVNC could be made to redirect to any desired URL.
Affected vendor
Openstack
Affected product
Nova
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2022-03-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 26.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-3654

  • Confirm whether Openstack Nova is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-3654.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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